Portable device holder

A portable device holder, comprising:

• a backing plane formed with a substantially rigid spine portion and comprising a receiver pocket formed adjacent to a base portion thereof and substantially oriented along an insertion direction;
• a latching arm extended from the backing plane and further comprising a stem portion coupled to the backing plane and having a head portion spaced away from the backing plane;
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• a roller composed of a substantially hard material, the roller being rotatably coupled to the head portion of the latching arm in a position that is both spaced away from the receiver pocket and spaced outwardly from an interior surface of the backing plane, wherein the roller is operable about a rotational axis that is oriented substantially transverse to a direction substantially normal to the interior surface of the backing plane.

A portable device holder, comprising:

• a backing plane formed with a substantially rigid spine portion and comprising a receiver pocket adjacent to a first end thereof;
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• at least one latching arm extending from the backing plane in a position spaced apart from the receiver pocket and further comprising:
• a springingly resilient flexible stem portion coupled to the backing plane, and
• a terminal head portion suspended from the stem portion and comprising a cage suspending a roller in a position that is spaced away from the backing plane opposite from an interior interface surface thereof with the roller being substantially rotatable about an axis that is substantially transverse of a direction that is substantially normal to the interior surface, and the roller further comprising a circumference that is extended past the cage.

A method for holding a portable device, the method comprising:

• at least partially inserting a base portion of a portable device into a receiver pocket formed adjacent to a base portion of a backing plane;
• moving an upper portion of the device opposite from the base portion thereof toward a spine portion of the backing plane adjacent to the receiver pocket;
• with at least one rotatable roller rotatably suspended from a resiliently flexible latching arm extended from the spine portion of the backing plane and rotatably suspending the roller in a position spaced away from and opposite of the spine portion and the resiliently flexible latching arm being in a substantially unflexed relaxed state, rollingly engaging the upper portion of the device;
• while rollingly engaging the upper portion of the device with the roller, resiliently flexing the latching arm into a resiliently flexed state wherein the latching arm is flexed outwardly of the spine portion of the backing plane;
• while rollingly engaging the upper portion of the device with the roller, seating the device substantially against the spine portion of the backing plane;
• substantially simultaneously with seating the device substantially against the spine portion of the backing plane, substantially releasing the latching arm from the resiliently flexed state;
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• with the roller, substantially retaining the device.